Year in Review
The Stories that Made Us Jealous in 2023
A look at 10 articles we wish we had published this year
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Joel Eastwood is a visualizations engineer who transforms data into compelling graphics and interactive websites.
Before joining The Markup, Joel was a graphics editor with The Wall Street Journal’s investigations team and, before that, a data journalist at the Toronto Star.
Joel’s graphics were part of the Journal’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His work has also contributed to two Pulitzer Prize finalists, a Worth Bingham Prize entry, a Gerald Loeb finalist, a Data Visualization of the Year award, and eight awards from the Society for News Design.
Year in Review
A look at 10 articles we wish we had published this year
Still Loading
Across the rural South, about 38% of Black households don’t have home internet, a higher percentage than White people in the same region and the national average
Pixel Hunt
An investigation by The Markup found Meta’s pixel tracking students from kindergarten to college
Hello World
A conversation with Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Still Loading
Congress tasked the FCC with closing the digital divide. Here’s what the agency’s doing
News
The Markup gives a section-by-section breakdown of the summarized executive order on artificial intelligence
Hello World
The longtime privacy journalist on how investigating Clearview AI helped her appreciate facial recognition—and envision a chaotic future
News
Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger
Neighborhood Watch
An investigation by The Markup found that Ring’s social platform funnels suspicions from residents in Whiter and wealthier areas of Los Angeles directly to police
Show Your WorkNeighborhood Watch
In Los Angeles, residents in Whiter and wealthier areas post more often on Neighbors, but do not report a higher crime rate
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